The 2022 New Taipei Culture Award, New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi (third from left) presented the award to Li Liqun, chairman of the Luzhou Lizhai Heritage Preservation Cultural and Educational Foundation (from left), woodcarving master Hong Yaohui, ink painting master Li Yihong, and Sun Cuifeng, who inherited Gezai Opera, on the right Gong Yawen, Minister of Culture.

(Photo by reporter He Yuhua)

[Reporter He Yuhua/New Taipei Report] The 2022 New Taipei Cultural Award ceremony was held today (3) at the Xinguang Concert Hall in Banqiao. New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi presented ink wash master Li Yihong, Sun Cuifeng who inherited Gezai Opera, woodcarver Hong Yaohui, and consortium Luzhou Hou Youyi not only paid respects to the cultural and educational foundation for the maintenance of Li’s house, but also thanked them for their contribution to cultural innovation. Passing on the stick has brought new vitality to New Taipei City.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau pointed out that among the four winners of the 2022 New Taipei Cultural Award, the 81-year-old Li Yihong has unique profound meaning and height in the theme and form of contemporary ink painting. Deep feelings; Sun Cuifeng has made great contributions to the artistic expression and inheritance and promotion of Taiwanese Gezai Opera. Her enthusiasm for Gezai Opera not only enriches the performance aesthetics of Gezai Opera, but also planted the seeds of inheritance in various parts of Taiwan.

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Hong Yaohui, who has long been committed to the transmission of traditional woodcarving skills, has cultivated countless talents in the restoration of historical sites and cultural preservation, and has also participated in the reconstruction of major cultural assets such as the Three Gorges Zushi Temple. , to reproduce the traditional atmosphere, and manage it with sustainable management, taking into account both tangible and intangible cultural assets.

Hou Youyi said in his speech that although the New Taipei Cultural Award has only been held for six times, New Taipei City is a multi-ethnic group and the epitome of Taiwan. New Taipei City is the largest city in Taiwan, so the "big city" must do big things. Let the traditional culture of history be continuously accumulated, and the vitality of New Taipei City be strung together in the stacking of cultural trajectories. This depends on the assistance of representative figures in each field. Local cultural characteristics also have a great influence on the development of Taiwan's arts and culture.